Budge-Budge
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Budge-Budge
[BaJ-Baj). — Town in the head-quarters subdivision of the District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, situated in 22° 29' N. and 88° 11' E., on the east bank of the Hooghly river, 14 miles below Calcutta. Population (1901), 13,051. The remains of a fort, which was captured from the forces of Siraj-ud-daula by Clive in 1756, are still visible. Budge-Budge is a growing place ; it is the oil depot of Calcutta, and contains a large jute-mill and a cotton-mill. It was con- stituted a municipality in 1900. The income during the four years ending in 1903-4 averaged Rs. 20,000, and the expenditure Rs. 14,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 24,000, mainly derived from a tax on houses and lands; and the expenditure was Rs. 16,000.